Job satisfaction of nurses with multicultural backgrounds: a questionnaire survey in Kuwait

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-100

  Al Enezi, Naser ^a   Chowdhury, Rafiq I ^b   Shah, Makhdoom A ^b   Al Otabi, Muhammad ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 65149095784     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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